99. Villa San Marco, Stabiae.
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Room 66, large
peristyle
Villa San
Marco, Stabiae, September 2019. Peristyle
66, looking from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, April 2018. Peristyle 66, looking from north-east
corner. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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Villa San Marco, Stabiae, September 2015. Peristyle 66, looking west from north-east corner, near corridor/ramp 4.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, July 2010. Happy dog. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, September 2015. Looking north across the Bay of Naples from the peristyle 66.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, 1976.
Area 66, garden peristyle area. Looking towards the east wall of portico 2, and south-east corner of the portico. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa San Marco, Stabiae, 1968.
Area 66, garden peristyle area. Looking towards south-east corner of portico. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, July 2010.
Area 66, sundial in peristyle garden. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
According to Jashemski, this second large peristyle garden had only been partially excavated.
She thought the colonnade of the peristyle continued towards the north.
She thought that this part of the peristyle was destroyed in antiquity when the ledge on which it was built fell down.
The portico, supported by stuccoed columns the upper parts of which were spirally fluted, contained an art gallery of unusual paintings.
These were badly damaged by the 1980 earthquake.
The root cavities of two trees were found, one near the sundial in the north part of the garden.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, (p. 306).
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, April 2018. Area 66, sundial in peristyle garden. Photo
courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, April 2018. Area 66, detail of sundial. Photo courtesy
of Ian Lycett-King.
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Villa San Marco, Stabiae, December 2007. Area 66, sundial in peristyle garden.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, 1968. Area 66, sundial in peristyle garden. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa San Marco, Stabiae, 1968.
Area 66, garden peristyle area. Looking towards north-east corner, and towards the view to Vesuvius. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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On the right one of the standing spiral fluted columns can be seen.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, July 2010. Remains of spirally fluted stuccoed columns. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, 1951. Excavation of spirally fluted stuccoed columns.
According to the Soprintendenza information board on site, the earthquake of 1980 demolished the peculiar spiral columns of this peristyle.
The shafts were white plastered in their lower part, while the upper part was scored by deep spiral grooves, counter-rotating from column to column – a motif that appears to suggest motion, and is rather unusual in Roman architecture of the 1st century A.D.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, c.1960’s (probably 1968). Area 66, sundial in peristyle garden, and plaster-cast of a tree-root cavity.
Looking north at rear towards the edge of the cliff-face, where the peristyle may have been destroyed in antiquity by a landslip.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa San Marco, 1970.
Cast of a leaf of a plane tree, made by Sig. Sicignano of an imprint of the leaf that he had found in the ashes, when he excavated the peristyle at San Marco. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski. From Stabia Antiquarium.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Villa San Marco, 1970.
Detail of cast of a leaf of a plane tree, made by Sig. Sicignano of an imprint of the leaf that he had found in the ashes, when he excavated the peristyle at San Marco. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski. From Stabia Antiquarium.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Room 2, east portico of peristyle 66
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, September 2015. View over the Gulf of Naples from portico 2, of the peristyle 66.
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, April 2018. Looking south-east towards the east portico
2, in the peristyle/garden area 66.
Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Villa San Marco, c.1960’s, (probably 1968).
Area 66, looking along east side of portico 2, towards south-east corner. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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The columns, which suffered greatly in the 1980 earthquake, can be seen here more-or-less complete.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, September 2015. Portico 2, looking south along east side.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, 2010.
Area 66, garden peristyle area. Looking south along the east side of portico 2. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, 2010.
Area 66, garden peristyle area. Looking south along the east side of portico 2. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, December 2007. Area 66, garden peristyle area. Looking south along the east side of portico 2.
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, July 2010.
Area 66, garden peristyle area. Looking towards the east wall of portico 2. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, September 2015. Portico 2, east wall.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, October 2022. Portico 2, looking towards east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, October 2022. Portico 2, detail from east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, October 2022.
Portico 2, detail of painted decoration from lower border on painted panel on east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, October 2022. Portico 2, detail from east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, October 2022. Portico 2, looking north along east side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, September 2019.
Portico 2, looking north along east wall, from corner joining with Portico 1. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae,
October 2022.
Portico 2, painted decoration on east wall in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, September 2015. Portico 2, detail of painted decoration on east wall in south-east corner.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, October 2022.
Portico 2, detail of painted figure from east wall in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae, September 2015. Portico 2 east wall joining in the south-east corner with south wall of Portico 1.
Villa San
Marco, Stabiae, October 2022.
Portico 2 east wall, on left, joining in the south-east corner with south wall of Portico 1, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, September 2015.
Portico 1-2, description of original ceiling decoration, from Soprintendenza description board in villa.
The portico ceiling was lavishly frescoed with mythological scenes such as a planisphere, the triumph of Minerva, Hermes, Juno and Hebe.
These were truly spectacular compositions, equalled only in monumental buildings such as the Domus Aurea in Rome.
Villa San Marco,
Stabiae, September 2015.
Portico 2, detail of original ceiling decoration, from Soprintendenza description board in villa.
Villa San Marco, Stabiae. Portico 2, fragments of a painting of a chariot and horses, from the central part of original ceiling decoration.
Stabia Antiquarium, inventory number 62519.
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